To PECARN and Beyond! Head Injuries in Special Populations

PECARN head trauma guidelines are as close as it comes to dogma in pediatric emergency medicine.  We all know and love them, but what about certain populations where the rules don’t apply.  Tune in, and we review some of the latest and greatest literature for those situations that PECARN doesn’t cover.

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Little heads= big anxiety

Not all hematomas are created equal

A sea change in patients with hemophilia?